Hidden Gems!

[Boo Man]

As long as there are obscure games people want to bring to light then were probably going to keep getting threads like this.

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I know a bunch so I may post more later.

PS1:
Alundra 1 & 2
Battle Arena Toshinden 1, 2, & 3
Bloody Roar 1 & 2
Brave Fencer Musashi
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
Bushido Blade 1 & 2
Ehrgeiz
Galerians
Gundam Battle Assault 1 & 2
Jumping Flash 1 & 2
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
Legend of Legaia
Motor Toon Grand Prix
Nightmare Creatures 1 & 2
Omega Boost
Persona 1 & the Persona 2 duology (It's all about 3, 4, & 5 these days. Show some love for the first 2!)
Psychic Force
Rising Zan: the Samurai Gunman
Rival Schools
SaGa Frontier 1 & 2
Star Ocean: The Second Story
Tiny Tank
Threads of Fate
Tobal 1 & 2
Tomba ! 1 and 2
Trap Gunner
Vagrant Story
Vib Ribbon
Wild 9

N64:
Bakuretsu Muteki Bangai-O
Beetle Adventure Racing
Buck Bumble
Chameleon Twist 1 & 2
Custom Robo
Goemon's Great Adventure
Jet Force Gemini
Mischief Makers
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon
Penny Racers
Rocket: Robot On Wheels
Sin & Punishment (known in Japan as Tsumi to Batsu: Hoshi no Keishousha)
Space Station Silicon Valley
Tetrisphere

Wexcellent list ? first time ive seen someone mention Wild 9 ?

 

[iamthemilkman]

Enslaved Odyssey To The West
Lost Planet Series
Kingdom Under Fire Circle Of Doom
Ninety Nine Nights
Eternal Sonata
Resonance Of Fate
Agarest War
Nier
Lolipop Chainsaw
Dragon Dogma DA
LOTR 3rd Age
Kingdom Of Amalur
Rise of Argonauts
Binary Domain
Vanquish
Deadly Premonition
Condemned
Dead Space
Bioshock
Rumble Roses XX

We like the same stuff, lol.

 

[ThatsNotRich]

Import Tuner Challenge
Halo Wars

 

[Tonberry]

Eternal Sonata was really comfy. Not sure if it holds up though but I really enjoyed it back in the day.
Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey I haven’t played, but I’ve heard good things.

 

[Vanity Crow]

Here's one I didn't mention that some of you may like. Not sure if I remember it has been already mentioned.

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Spoiler: SLUS01051 - [Koudelka]

Koudelka

Koudelka, developed by Sacnoth. President and CEO Hiroki Kikuta who also worked on Secrets of Mana contributed as a director, producer, writer and composer. He with fellow former Sqare employees in 1997 started to work on and develop Koudelka. released in 1999 with three endings and a very unique take on turn based strategy and Resident Evil style gameplay set in 1898. You may or may not know that this title is part of the Shadow Heart series on PS2. But Koudelka is a pretty interesting title. If you like JRPGs, or survival horror, I don't believe that there are many games like this one.

Some Honorable Mentions

Spoiler: Mentions With CIB Pictures and Game Titles

GERMS: Nerawareta Machi // GERMS: The Targeted Town

Mizzurna Falls

Heart of Darkness

 

[Jeff]

I found a few hidden gems.

 

[YuriSukiSan]

I know it's bad but I think it's so bad it's good, I quite enjoyed it.

 

[Viviana Santos]

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[ThatsNotRich]

I was thinking

Shadow of the Colossus
was one of those games I kind of wished they would have waited for PS3. The game was huuuuge. You seemed as big as an ant compared to the enemies you face. Great Game

 

[Seishiro]

 

[Bakuma1997]

Nobody has mentioned it, so behold, perfection

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Not sure if it's a great game but I enjoyed it

Nobody has mentioned it, so behold, perfection

I'm glad there's a remake of the first two but the series' still in hiatus...

 

[Lee__Kanker]

It's got an orchestral remake of the super famicom soundtrack!

English patched version is on the repo
Ofc this is only "hidden" to non jap players

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I'm glad there's a remake of the first two but the series' still in hiatus...

8 games but still no Klonoa 3

Oddly theres now two remakes of Klonoa 1, at least the switch one doesnt have the god awful voice acting? (who decided Klonoa should sound like a nasal 13 year old??)

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

It's got an orchestral remake of the super famicom soundtrack!
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English patched version is on the repo
Ofc this is only "hidden" to non jap players

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DQ IV and V on the PSX and PS2 deserved a western release.

I do love the DS remakes but they're "crunchier" (I don't mind that though).

I'm wondering why DQ VI didn't get remade tho.

8 games but still no Klonoa 3

Oddly theres now two remakes of Klonoa 1, at least the switch 1 doesnt have the god awful voice acting? (who decided Klonoa should sound like a nasal 13 year old??)

I dislike English in the game too, phantomilian is a better language for whimsical worlds about dreams.

Same with Nights, Journey of Dreams having fully English voiced dialogues and cutscene kinda killed the mystic aspect of the series to me...

I'd love a proper remake of the WonderSwan + the first two GBA games too. Or maybe Heroes.

Or a simple compilation, anything is fine.

 

[TheWanderer]

D.I.C.E is a good Racing/Beat em up mash up, IDk if it's based on an anime series but it reminded me of Zoids while i played it, i also loved its unique transparent casing, tried to look for it, but no luck, i fear it was sold or went missing, wich is a shame because bein a original disc i could still play it on PCSX2

Now I don't want to be that guy
But the Arabic opening is waaaay better

 

[Lee__Kanker]

DQ IV and V on the PSX and PS2 deserved a western release.

I do love the DS remakes but they're "crunchier" (I don't mind that though).

I'm wondering why DQ VI didn't get remade tho.



I dislike English in the game too, phantomilian is a better language for whimsical worlds about dreams.

Same with Nights, Journey of Dreams having fully English voiced dialogues and cutscene kinda killed the mystic aspect of the series to me...

I'd love a proper remake of the WonderSwan + the first two GBA games too. Or maybe Heroes.

Or a simple compilation, anything is fine.

More people need to known the wonderswan game exists

No remakes

Thats right, that one technically advanced game on the mega cd has a sequel on the ps2! And it's from the same studio too!

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

More people need to known the wonderswan game exists

No remakes
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Thats right, that one technically advanced game on the mega cd has a sequel on the ps2! And it's from the same studio too!

It was a pain to emulate but I managed with an english patch.

Isn't Silpheed made by Treasure?

 

[Lee__Kanker]

It was a pain to emulate but I managed with an english patch.

Isn't Silpheed made by Treasure?

I remember when I played the og it said "game arts" but I could just be misremembering

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

I remember when I played the og it said "game arts" but I could just be misremembering

According to Wikipedia they co developed it.

 

[hazys]

• Glass Rose (Adventure)
• Urban Chaos: Riot Response (FPS)
• Way of the Samurai (Life Sim)
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (TPS)
• Urban Reign (Beat-'em-up)
• Sky Odyssey (Flight Sim)
• Everblue 2 (Diving Sim)
• 10,000 Bullets (Character Action)
• The Nightmare of Druaga: Fushigino Dungeon (Roguelike)
• Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land (Dungeon Crawler)
• Shadow Hearts: Covenant (JRPG)
• Boku wa Chiisai (3D Platformer)
• Steambot Chronicles (Action-adventure / Sim)
• Super Galdelic Hour (Mini-games / Weird)
• Vampire Night (Gun Game)
• Ring of Red (SRPG)
• Mawaza (Puzzle)
• Mojib-Ribbon (Rhythm)

 

[Auriiya]

Threads of fate
Torenko the last hope
The granstream saga

 

[Omega Chad]

The last game that utilized the AKI Engine, it was worth it (in Japan).

 

[Amag0k1]

Some find it Janky, but i think that gives it more charm.

These two Jo Jo titles for the same reason.

 

[Yousef Yousef]

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Funnily enough, these are going to be my “test games” for an emulator I’m trying out called GAMMA. I know nothing about the emulator but I’ll use it as a chance to finish some psx games I never have a chance.

 

[BubblegumAthena]

Got a few PSX recommendations, Elemental Gearbolt got a patch recently that fixes the absurd difficulty of the western release, Kensei got released in the west but Critical Blow didn't and it hasn't received a translation patch, as far as I'm aware.